Abstract

A REVIEW:” RECENT ADVANCEMENT IN FORMULATION OF ORAL MEDICATED JELLY

Achyut Beedkar* and Dr. A. A. Harsulkar

ABSTRACT

In the current advancement in drug delivery, oral route remains the convenient and preferred route for the administration of drug to achieve better therapeutic advantages, which leads to patient compliance. Oral medicated jellies provide several advantages as pharmaceutical formulations however with some disadvantages. Oral medicated jellies as a dosage form can be adopted for drug delivery across buccal route, labial route, gingival route and sublingual route. Now-a-days, jellies candies are easily accepted by children with full dentition as they enjoy the taste and the chewing property of the jellies because they are often flavoured with fruit juices and extracts. Most of the patient with dysphasia would chocked by water during administration liquid formulation with high viscosity which should be eliminated, thus it has been develop to develop such type of pharmaceutical preparations. Recent development of oral medicated jelly is one of the novel approach, aims to improve safety and efficacy. The formulations can easily accepted by patient with dysphasia, pediatric and geriatric patients, hence patient compliant dosage form proves beneficial over conventional ones. The aim of this review is to addresses briefly about its advantages, disadvantages, gelling agents, excipients, method for preparation, evaluation parameters and its significance over conventional form of drug.

Keywords: Oral Route, Oral Medicated Jelly, Dysphagia, Patient Compliance, Gelling agents.